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Girls Track & Field

2016 Desert Oasis Girls Track Capsule

LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
March 5, 2016 - 8:39 pm
 

DESERT OASIS

Head coach: Jesi Colston, first season

Returning letter winners: 21

Top athletes: Ashle Love (Sr.), Mekha Omarimuhammad (Sr.), Neva Newling (Jr.), Maddy Doerr (Fr.)

Outlook: Newling finished third in the high jump in the Division I state meet last year. Love and Omarimuhammad each ran a leg on the 800-meter relay team that took seventh at state last year.

They lead a group of 21 returnees for the Diamondbacks.

“Our team is becoming more and more competitive in all events,” Colston said. “We have some strong upperclassmen that we will depend on to win meets and break records, and Maddy Doerr is our most promising newcomer.”

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